Was Obama Really Mobbed by Ass-Grabbers During the Campaign?

An item in today’s “Page Six” column suggested that Barack Obama’s popularity with the ladies on the campaign trail caused him—and Michelle—some discomfort. “Jesus, I wish they’d stop grabbing my ass,” the future POTUS reportedly complained, according to Christopher Andersen’s upcoming book, Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage. Michelle’s response? “He’s loving it,” Andersen quotes her as saying. “He’s a man, isn’t he?” This got us thinking: Might there be any photographic evidence from the trail to prove this tendency to “grasp [Obama] firmly by the derriere—and sometimes try to hold on”? Click through to see the shocking results of our investigation!

St. Paul, Minnesota, June 3, 2008. Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters/Landov

Lexington, South Carolina, January 22, 2008. Photo by Astrid Riecken/The Washington Times /Landov.